Chap. 20 AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE SALARY OF JOHN R. CAMPBELL AS Repeal. ASSISTANT CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR CRIMINAL Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chapter one hundred and ninety-seven of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, establishing the salary of John R. Campbell as assistant clerk of the superior court for criminal business for the county of Suffolk at four thousand dollars, is hereby repealed. Approved February 9, 1927. Chap. 21 AN ACT RELATING TO DEATH, ENDOWMENT AND ANNUITY G. L. 176, § 23, amended. ment and annuity benefits on lives of children, etc. BENEFITS ON THE LIVES OF CHILDREN IN FRATERNAL Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chapter one hundred and seventy-six of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section twentyDeath, endow three and inserting in place thereof the following: - Section 23. Any society operating on the lodge system may provide in its constitution and by-laws, in addition to other benefits provided for therein, for the payment of death, endowment or annuity benefits upon the lives of children between the ages of one and eighteen years at the next birthday, for whose support and maintenance a member of the society is responsible. Any such society may at its option organize and operate branches for such children, and membership in local lodges and initiation therein shall not be required of such children, nor shall they have any voice in the management of the society. The total death benefits payable as above provided shall in no case exceed the following amounts at ages at the next birthday after death, respectively, as follows: one, twenty-five dollars; two, fifty dollars; three, seventy-five dollars; four, one hundred dollars; five, one hundred and thirty dollars; six, one hundred and seventyfive dollars; seven, two hundred dollars; eight, two hundred and fifty dollars; nine, three hundred and twenty-five dollars; ten, four hundred dollars; eleven, five hundred dollars; twelve, six hundred dollars; thirteen, seven hundred dollars; fourteen, eight hundred dollars; fifteen, nine hundred dollars; and sixteen to eighteen years, where not otherwise authorized by law, one thousand dollars. 3. Approved February 9, 1927. Chap. 22 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF SAUGUS TO ACQUIRE, Town of acquire, etc., USE AND MAINTAIN CERTAIN LAND IN THE CITY OF REVERE Be it enacted, etc., as follows: The town of Saugus may acquire by gift, use and maintain a tract of land, hereinafter described, in the city of Revere for playground Revere for public park and playground purposes. Said certain land in tract is bounded and described as follows: Beginning at park and a point on the boundary line between said town of Saugus purposes. and said city of Revere where the southerly line of land now or formerly of James F. Miller crosses said boundary line, thence running southwesterly on said land now or formerly of said Miller about one hundred sixty feet to a corner at land now or formerly of Hatch; thence turning and running easterly on said land now or formerly of said Hatch about one hundred forty-two and fifty hundredths feet to said boundary line at other land of said town of Saugus; thence turning and running northwesterly on said boundary line one hundred feet more or less to the point of beginning. Being all that portion of the land conveyed by George A. Miller to Cliftondale Recreation Park, Inc., by deed dated November fifteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and recorded with Suffolk Deeds, book fortyfour hundred and thirty-one, page three hundred and thirteen, which lies within said city of Revere. Approved February 9, 1927. AN ACT EXTENDING AND MAKING MORE CERTAIN THE TIME Chap. 23 FOR ADOPTING AN ORDER OF TAKING WHEN NECESSARY IN LAYING OUT, ALTERING OR RELOCATING A TOWN WAY OR Be it enacted, etc., as follows: amended. eminent damages. Section twenty-four of chapter eighty-two of the General G. L. 82, § 24, Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the fourth line, the words "ten days after" and inserting in place thereof the words: thirty days after the termination of the town meeting at which, so as to read as follows: Section 24. Taking by If it is necessary to acquire land for the purposes of a town domain and way or private way which is laid out, altered or relocated by the selectmen, road commissioners or other officers of a town under this chapter, such officers shall within thirty days after the termination of the town meeting at which the laying out, alteration or relocation of such town way or private way is accepted by the town, adopt an order for the taking of such land by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine. Any person sustaining damage in his property by the laying out, relocation, alteration or discontinuance of a town way or private way, or by specific repairs thereon, shall be entitled to recover the same under said chapter. If no entry has been made upon land taken for the purpose of a town way, or if the location has for any other cause become void, a person who has suffered loss or been put to expense by the proceedings shall be entitled to recover indemnity therefor under said chapter. If a private way is laid out, relocated, altered or discontinued by a town, or if a town makes specific repairs thereon, or if a town way is discontinued, the persons upon whose application such way is laid out, relocated, altered or discontinued or upon whose application specific repairs are made thereon shall, before such way is entered upon for the purposes of construction, or is closed up, give such town security satisfactory to the selectmen that they will indemnify such town for all damages and charges which it is obliged to pay by reason thereof, and all such damages and charges shall be repaid to the town by the persons making such application; provided, however, that in case of the discontinuance of a town way the selectmen may order a part of the damages to be paid First sentence by the town. The first sentence of this section shall not apply to cities. Approved February 9, 1927. not to apply to cities. Chap. 24 AN ACT RELATIVE TO NOMINATIONS FOR STATE OFFICES. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: G. L. 53, § 3, amended. Candidate whose name is not printed must accept nomination. G. L. 53, § 11, amended. Objections, time of filing, etc. G. L. 53, new section after § 53. Objections to primary nom SECTION 1. Section three of chapter fifty-three of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the fourth and fifth lines, the words "nominations by nomination paper or otherwise" and inserting in place thereof the words: certificates of nomination, so as to read as follows: Section 3. A person whose name is not printed on a state primary ballot as a candidate for an office but who receives sufficient votes to nominate him therefor, shall file a written acceptance of the nomination in the office of the state secretary before the last hour for filing certificates of nomination for such office, otherwise his name shall not be printed on the ballot as a candidate for that office at the ensuing state election. SECTION 2. Section eleven of said chapter fifty-three is hereby amended by striking out, in the ninth and tenth lines, the words "nomination papers" and inserting in place thereof the words: - nominations, so as to read as follows: Section 11. When certificates of nomination and nomination papers have been filed, and are in apparent conformity with law, they shall be valid unless written objections thereto are made. Such objections shall be filed as to state offices with the state secretary, and as to city or town offices with the city or town clerk, and in the case of state offices within the seventy-two week day hours, in the case of city offices, except where city charters provide otherwise, within the forty-eight week day hours, and in the case of town offices within the twenty-four week day hours, succeeding five o'clock in the afternoon of the last day fixed for filing nominations for such offices. SECTION 3. Said chapter fifty-three is hereby further amended by inserting after section fifty-three the following new section: Section 53A. When nominations at the state inations, time primaries are in apparent conformity with law, they shall be valid unless written objections thereto are filed with the state secretary within six days succeeding five o'clock in the afternoon of the day of holding such primaries; and such objections and all other questions relating thereto shall be of filing, etc. from nomina subject to section twelve, so far as applicable. A person Withdrawal nominated at such primaries may withdraw his name from tion, etc. nomination by a request signed and duly acknowledged by him and filed with the state secretary within the time prescribed in this section for filing objections to such nominations. etc., amended. SECTION 4. Section forty-one of chapter fifty-four of the G. L. 54, § 41, General Laws, as amended by section one of chapter one hundred and seventy-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the fourth line of the last paragraph, the words "nomination papers" and inserting in place thereof the word: nominations, so that the last paragraph will read as follows: If a candidate shall receive the nomination of Political designations more than one party or more than one political designation of candidates. for the same office, he may, within the seventy-two hours next succeeding five o'clock in the afternoon of the last day fixed for the filing of nominations, by a writing delivered to the officer or board required by law to prepare the official ballot, direct in what order the several nominations or political designations shall be added to his name upon the official ballot; and such directions shall be followed by the said officer or board. If, during said time, said candidate shall neglect to so direct, said officer or board shall add said nominations or political designations to the name of said candidate upon the official ballot in such order as said officer or board shall determine. Approved February 9, 1927. AN ACT PROVIDING THAT POLITICAL COMMITTEES SHALL CON- Chap. 25 SIST OF ENROLLED MEMBERS OF THE PARTIES ELECTING THEM. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: tees, election, SECTION 1. Chapter fifty-two of the General Laws is G. L. 52, § 1, hereby amended by striking out section one and inserting in amended. place thereof the following:- Section 1. Each political State commitparty shall, in the manner herein provided, elect from terms, etc. among its enrolled members a state committee, the members of which shall hold office for two years from January first next following their election and until their successors shall have organized. Said committee shall consist of one member from each senatorial district, to be elected at the primaries before each biennial state election by plurality vote of the members of his party in the district, and such number of members at large as may be fixed by the committee, to be elected at the state convention. etc., amended. SECTION 2. Section two of said chapter fifty-two, as G. L. 52, § 2, amended by section one of chapter one hundred and fourteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "election" in the third line the words: from among the enrolled committees, election, terms, etc. Ward and town members of the party, so as to read as follows: Section 2. Each political party shall, in every ward and town, elect at the primaries before each biennial state election from among the enrolled members of the party a committee to be called a ward or town committee, whose members shall hold office for two years from January first following their election and until their successors shall have organized, except as provided in section seven. Approved February 9, 1927. Chap. 26 AN Act providing for precinct voting, REPRESENTATIVE Precinct voting, representative Dartmouth. TOWN MEETINGS, TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, A REFERENDUM Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. Upon the acceptance of this act by the town. town meetings, of Dartmouth, as hereinafter provided, the selectmen and board of registrars of voters, acting jointly, and hereinafter referred to as the districting board, shall forthwith divide the territory thereof into not less than three nor more than six voting precincts each of which shall be plainly designated, and shall contain not less than five hundred registered voters. All precincts shall contain approximately an equal number of registered voters. Precincts, establish ment, etc. Districting board to report doings, etc. The precincts shall be so established as to consist of compact and contiguous territory, to be bounded as far as possible, by the center line of known streets and ways or by other well defined limits. Their boundaries shall be reviewed and, if need be, wholly or partly revised by the districting board in December, once in five years, or in December of any year when so directed by a vote of a representative town meeting not later than November thirtieth of that year. The districting board shall, within twenty days after any establishment or revision of the precincts, but not later than January twentieth of the succeeding year, file a report of their doings with the town clerk, the registrars of voters and the assessors with a map or maps or description of the precincts and the names and residences of the registered voters therein. The districting board shall also cause to be posted in the town hall a map or maps or description of the precincts as established or revised from time to time, with the names and residences of the registered voters therein; and it shall also cause to be posted in at least one public place in each precinct a map or description of that precinct with the names and residences of the registered voters therein. The division of the town into voting cincts, effective precincts and any revision of such precincts shall take effect upon the date of the filing of the report thereof by the districting board with the town clerk. Whenever the precincts are established or revised, the town clerk shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the state secretary, stating Division into voting pre date, etc. Town clerk to give written notice to state secretary, etc. |